Canopy Cancer Care

Private cancer care in Whangarei, Auckland (Rodney, North Shore, Epsom, Ormiston), Tauranga, Rotorua and Hawkes Bay.

Integrated with New Zealands leading imaging providers Canopy Imaging, Absolute Radiology, iMIX Pharmaceutical and Auckland Breast Centre, providing a seamless patient experience.

• Priority scheduling available
• Personalised treatment plans
• Global sourcing of therapies
• Individual patient support program
• Purpose designed treatment clinics
• Specialist on call 24/7
• DAA Accredited

To make a referral visit: www.canopycancercare.co.nz

Auckland Specialists:

Dr Reuben J Broom
MBChB BHB FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Breast
Specialist Experience includes: Tumor biology & drug development research.
Fellowship at Princess Margaret Hosp, Toronto.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2006.

Dr Peter Fong
MBBS FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Prostate, Bladder, Renal, Testicular, Penile: All Urological Cancers. Phase 1 Oncology Drug Development.
Experience includes Postgraduate Research at Royal Marsden Hospital/Institute of Cancer Research, UK.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2003

Dr Fritha Hanning
MBChB FRACP MRCP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Prostate, Renal, Testicular, Penis & Bladder.
Specialist Experience includes: Director Cancer & Blood, Auckland City Hospital. Worked in UK at Royal London
& St Bartholomews Hosps, Royal Free Hosp London & at Cancer Research UK, Oxford.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2006

Dr Ben Lawrence
MBChB MSc FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Gastrointestinal Cancer, Neuroendocrine Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Cancer Genomics.
Specialist experience includes: Research fellowship at Yale University Translational Genomics Research Institute in Scottsdale Arizona.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2011

Dr Aileen Ludlow
MBBS, FRACP
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Upper and lower GI cancers as well as lung cancer & mesothelioma.
Specialist experience includes: A fellowship at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London involving clinical research with immunotherapy & targeted therapies in Gynaecological, Melanoma & Renal cancers. She is an active member of the Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials Group as well as the Thoracic Oncology Group Australasia.
Year of Registration as a specialist: 2018

Dr Mike McCrystal
MD FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Breast and Melanoma.
Specialist Experience includes: worked at Auckland Hospital, Dept of Clinical Oncology since 1999. Wide range of malignancies - interests melanoma, breast cancer, hereditary cancer.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2000

Dr Richard Sullivan
MBChB FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Mesothelioma, Lung, Brain Tumours.
Specialist Experience includes: Chief Clinical Officer Health NZ. Northern Region Alliance Cancer Lead, Co-chair Te Aho o Te Kahu, Chair National AYA Cancer Network.
Boards: Mesothelioma Trust.
Director Canopy Healthcare
Year of Registration as Specialist 2004

Dr Richard Doocey
MBChB FRACP FRCPA.
Clinical haematologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Malignant Haematology - Lymphoma, Leukaemia, Myeloma.
Specialist Experience includes: Bone Marrow Transplantation Fellowship, Vancouver.
Chief Medical Officer for Canopy Cancer Care
Year of Registration as Specialist 2003

Dr Naera Waters
MBChB, FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Breast.
Specialist Experience includes: Trained as a general oncologist with a special interest in the management &
treatment of breast cancer.
Research interests including validity of staging radiation.
Specialist training in Palliative care with a particular interest in symptom management.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2016

Dr Laird Cameron
MBChB, FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Lung, Mesothelioma, Head & Neck Cancer.
Specialist experience includes: a Clinical fellowship at The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2014

Dr Abbey Wrigley
MBChB, FRACP, MMedSci.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Lung, Breast & Gastro-Intestinal
Completed a Masters of Medical Science with First Degree Honours. Thesis was on genomic changes in
breast cancer, specifically changes in the YBX1 gene.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2014

Dr Osama Salih
MBBS, DTM&H, FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
GI, Head & Neck.
Specialist Experience includes: Trained in general oncology followed by a research fellowship at Mater
Cancer Centre & Research Institute, Australia focussing on breast & gynaecological malignancies.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2015

Prof Peter Browett
BMedSci, MBChB, FRACP, FRCPA
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Leukaemia, Lymphoma & Inherited Blood Disorders.
Specialist Experience includes: Consultant Haematologist at Auckland City Hospital & Professor of Pathology & Chair of the Department of Molecular Medicine & Pathology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland.
Year of Registration as Specialist 1981

Dr Simon Fu
MBChB, FRACP
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Urological cancers.
Simon graduated from Otago University in 2009 and registered as a specialist in 2010. He completed a postfellowship at BC Cancer Centre in Canada from 2018- 2020 before returning to Auckland.
Year of Registration as a specialist: 2010

Dr Michelle Wilson
MBChB, FRACP, MD
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Gynaecological Malignancies, Sarcomas, & Translational Research
Specialist Experience includes: Two years at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada.
During her time in Canada, Michelle worked with their Drug Development Team with a focus on gynaecological
cancers, sarcoma & translating new treatments to better outcomes.
Also the Service Clinical Director for Cancer & Blood Research.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2013

Tauranga Specialists:

Dr Elliott Brenman
BMedSci, BMBS, MRCP (UK), FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Genitourinary, Lung.
Specialist Experience includes: Trained in UK. Full membership to the Royal College of Physicians (UK).
Granted fellowship to ACORD. Awarded the prize for clinical research re ovarian cancer outcomes in NZ.
Heavily involved in clinical trials & research.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2015

Dr Michelle Head
BHB, MBChB, FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Breast, Head & Neck, Gastro-intestinal, Lung, Melanoma.
Specialist Experience includes: Investigator on more than 20 clinical trials & has published in peer reviewed
journals. Clinical Teaching Supervisor.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2011

Dr Joanna Jones
BHB, MBChB, Clin Dip Pall Med, FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Breast, Gynaecological.
Specialist Experience includes: Completed specialist oncology training in Australia, working at many regional
centres in South East Queensland including Royal Brisbane Hospital, Princess Alexandra & Mater Adult
Hospital. Awarded a fellowship to attend ACORD in 2012
Year of Registration as Specialist 2013

Dr Richard North
BHB, MBChB, FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Gastro-Intestinal, Head & Neck, Lung, Melanoma.
Specialist Experience includes: Completed fellowship training in Newcastle Australia working at the ANZ
Breast Cancer Trials Unit & the Newcastle Melanoma Unit. Principal investigator in a large number of Phase
III multinational trials. Chair of Medical Oncology Work Group.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2005

Dr Oliver Brake
MBChB, FRCPA, FRACP
Clinical Haematolgist
Areas of Specialisation:
General malignant haematology, as well as immune haematology conditions, & general diagnostic &
laboratory haematology.
Specialist Experience includes: undertake subspecialist training as a lymphoma fellow at University Hospital
Southampton.
Held sub-investigator roles on numerous CLL, lymphoma & myeloma trials as well as several immunology/covid-19-related trials.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2012

Dr Jonathan Davis
BM, FRACP
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Brain, Lung, Gynaecological, Skin, Prostate & Gastrointestinal Cancers.
Jonathan graduated from Southampton University (UK) in 2007 before emigrating to New Zealand.
He commenced his oncology specialist training in Christchurch before moving to Tauranga to complete it.
He has a particular interest in teaching & has worked as an investigator on many international clinic trials both here in Tauranga & Christchurch.
Year of Registration as a specialist: 2010

Dr Will Thompson
MBChB, FRACP
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Breast, gastrointestinal cancers, lung & melanoma
Specialist Experience includes: Will is a medical oncologist who treats a variety of cancer types. He has a
special interest in neuroendocrine tumours, melanoma, lung cancers, & head & neck cancers.
Will trained at the University of Auckland, graduating in 2009, before working in Auckland & London. He
completed his specialty training in Auckland & Tauranga before taking a medical oncology consultant role in
Tauranga. In addition to clinical work he is involved in both teaching & research, as an investigator or subinvestigator in a number of local & international trials.
Year of Registration as a specialist: 2011

Rotorua Specialists:

Dr Prashanth Hari Dass
MBChB, FRACP
Medical Oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Medical Oncology (Solid Tumors)
Specialist Experience includes: Cancer Clinical Trials & Immunotherapy.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2017

Dr Alistair Wickman
MBChB, MRCP, FRACP, DTM&H
Medical Oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Medical Oncology (Solid Tumors)
Specialist Experience includes: Genitourinary Cancers.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2019

Hastings Specialists:

Dr Paula Barlow
Clin Dip Pall Med, MBChB, FRACP
Areas of Specialisation:
General Oncologist with a special interest in genitourinary cancers.
Year of Registration as Specialist 2017

Dr Jody Jordan
MD, FRACP
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Medical Oncologist
Worked in private practice in the US from 2007-2011.
Year of Registration as Specialist in NZ 2011.

Whangarei Specialists:

Dr Vincent Newton
BSc, MBChB, FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Gynaecological, Genitourinary (GU), Lung
Specialist Experience includes: Clinical Director of Cancer & Blood Services at Northland District Health
Board
Year of Registration as Specialist 2014

Dr Lisa Dawson
BSc, MBBS, FRACP.
Medical oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Breast, Gastro-Intestinal (GI) and Melanoma
Specialist Experience includes: initially trained as a GP with a specialist interest in Holistic Medicine & also
Integrative Oncology.
Year of Registration as a Specialist 2010

Dr Edmond Ang
MBBChBAO, FRACP
Medical Oncologist
Areas of Specialisation:
Breast, gastrointestinal cancers and melanoma
Specialist Experience includes: Clinical Trials
Fellow NZ with Breast Cancer Foundation 2018
Special interest in molecular medicine and population health.
Awarded Pharmac Emerging Investigator of the Year in 2019
Holds a Diploma in Medical Education from University of Cardiff.
Year of Registration as a Specialist 2022

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